▪ Abstract The cardiovascular system is an internal flow loop with multiple branches
circulating a complex liquid. The hallmarks of blood flow in arteries are pulsatility and …

The short‐and long‐term thrombogenicity of implant materials is still unpredictable, which is
a significant challenge for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. A knowledge‐based …

The influence of blood viscosity in the normal and abnormal physiology of the circulatory
system has long been neglected. In light of the overwhelming influence of vasomotor …

An annular perfusion chamber was utilized to expose subendothelium from everted rabbit
aorta to blood flowing under controlled conditions. Initial platelet contact (C), platelet …

Both hemostasis and its pathological correlate. thrombosis. are dynamic events. That is. the
various biochemical mechanisms that determine the extent of thrombosis at a particular site …

1 Background The increasing age of populations in industrialized nations-together with a
lack of physical activity and changed diet habits-are associated with an increase of …

Previous experimental and theoretical studies on the hemodynamics of saccular intracranial
aneurysms have provided evidence that aneurysms tend to grow, thrombose and rupture …

Altered and highly dynamic shear stress conditions have been implicated in endothelial
dysfunction leading to cardiovascular disease, and in thromboembolic complications in …

We have shown previously that washed human platelets resuspended in Tyrode solution
containing albumin and apyrase maintain their disc shape and their ability to aggregate …

Platelet functions are increasingly measured under flow conditions to account for blood
hydrodynamic effects. Typically, these studies involve exposing platelets to high shear stress …